Raced on a shoal draft 30-1 in the Chi-Mac race when the wind kept building up to 25-30 kts. We sailed a close reach and were at hull speed; a Peterson 34 had a lot of trouble passing us to windward. Raced a fin keep version on Carlyle for a couple of years; it pointed better as expected, but had the same off wind speed. Great boats, but not quite able to make their handicaps in light air. Still move well enough for cruising in light air though. Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 shoal draft STL
-------------------------------------------- On Tue, 11/4/14, Nate Flesness via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C30 MK1 to windward To: "Curtis" <cpt.b...@gmail.com>, "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 8:58 AM After 10 years experience, mostly on Lake Superior, with our 30-1, I can say it handles wind and waves better than most in its size class (which is why we bought her). Went out in a a "small craft warning" in September, got caught and took a beating and deserved it, but she handled sustained 25 knots gusting to 40,and 4-7 foot seas on the nose, very well. Of course you lose a lot of momentum heading into waves that size in a 30' 4 ton boat, and under sail or motoring you make just a couple of knots over the ground. But she was dry, safe, predictable (especially under sail - with about 65% headsail and one reef in the main, we had the rail in the water but never took solid water over the bow! That said, after 6 hours without a break at the wheel in those kinds of conditions I was so exhausted I could hardly dock her when we made it back into the marina just after dark. The boat can take more than I can. Nate Flesness"Sarah Jean"1980 30-1on the hardSiskiwit Bay MarinaLake Superior On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Curtis via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I have not had a lot of windward experiences with my new C&C. Its an old boat but 4 years new to me. It looks like it points well thew I do loose some control of steering and some weather helm. So far most all of sailing her has been in the rivers around Beaufort and Charleston SC. Have not been off shore but a few times with light wind. So I would love to here if these boats handle well in bigger wind and waves like offshore or near shore. Like 29% to so 40% off the nose with 4 to 6 foot seas on the nose? Is it comfortable as far as 30 footer class boats go? Thanks for your incite. I cant wate to get some sail-time off shore this winter and spring. Its great living where I dont have to put the boat away in the Winter.-- Best regards,Curtis McDaniel, C&C 30-MK1 East Coast Lady Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain cpt.b...@gmail.com ~~~~ __/) ~~~~ . _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
